Ammon News - Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa received in Damascus on Tuesday US Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack and Commander of the US Central Command Brad Cooper for talks on the latest developments in the country and ways to support the political process.
They also tackled the executive mechanism of the March 10 agreement that calls for integrating the Kurdish US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) with the state’s security forces.
SDF leader Mazloum Abdi attended the meeting between Sharaa and the US delegation. The US officials had met with Abdi on Monday before heading to Damascus.
Also on Tuesday, Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra met with Abdi following clashes between security forces and Kurdish fighters in neighborhoods of the northern city of Aleppo.
Abu Qasra said in a statement that he agreed with Abdi “on a comprehensive ceasefire across all fronts and military positions in northern and northeastern Syria.”
On Sharaa’s meeting with the US delegation, Syrian sources in Damascus said the American officials underlined that starting the new year, Washington will not intervene politically or militarily should the SDF fail to meet its end of the agreement.